I Drive The Oldest Car In The World: Here's How It Works!

This is the 1885 Mercedes Benz Patten Motor Wagen, usually agreed upon be the very first car: here's how it works!

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[Sheeeesk]

As someone who was born In 1811 I can say this was a very very accurate replica

[Nikioko]

3:14: The first long distance drive was by Bertha Benz, Carl Benz' wife, and her two sons without her husband's knowledge, in August 1888. On the way, she ran out of fuel and had to buy ligroin in a pharmacy, which by this is the oldest filling station in the world.

[grayharker]

I'd be willing to bet, whoever built the replica, did it from an original set of plans. Not only are they front runners in engineering, Germans keep impeccable records!

[ronvanr]

Hard to get any more classic then this

[okaro]

Just 15 years later Wilhelm Maybach and Paul Daimler built the Mercedes 35 hp that could go 75 km/h. It is known as the first modern car. It was quite rapid development.

[Kiwi-eusf]

I am writing a story about this car and needed to have the mechanisms explained. As someone who knows nearly nothing about cars and motors in general, this was super helpful and concise. Exactly what i needed. Thank you for showing this wonder of a car!

[SquirminHermantheeyedGerman]

I was born in the mid 1960s just a couple hundred kilometers from where that car was invented & I have heard tales of my great grandfather may have worked in the Benz factory in the early 1900s but I cant verify any truth to that ✌💖☮

[petersimpson]

Bertha Benz was pretty much the R&D department. Without her, her husband Karl may have given up on his invention.

[amazingjason]

The oldest car I’ve driven was a 58 corvette. Shifter and engine were perfect but the brakes didn’t work. I felt like I was in a one man parade. I was giddy for hours.

[R.Nelson]

This was Totally Awesome Tommy. Really glad you got to experience this part of Automotive History!!! Right on Tommy!!😎

[dalpro]

I've seen one of these close up in the Haynes museum in UK. Fabulous piece of motoring history. To see footage of one in action is epic. Thanks for this video it has made my day.

[cprendon]

Consider that when this car was invented there were no paved roads and not even smooth roads. So even with those large-diameter but narrow Wheels it would be quite a bumpy ride.

[OldThomMerton]

As I remember, the woman who drove that vehicle was Karl Benz' wife.

[sixstanger]

Fascinating that almost 157 years later, modern cars still consist of many of these same components (just more refined).
- Differential
- Oil lubrication system
- Flywheel
- Battery/ignition box
- Water coolant reservoir

[RealMrNails]

Nothing like a good, nervous, German laugh. 😂

[KKCNM]

I love it! Kudos to tbe engineers at Mercedes Benz who rebuilt this. What a wonderful little contraption!

[MrRedtaco]

That was pretty cool. Weird not seeing computers, wires everywhere. It was so simple.

[gregc]

That's awesome! I would love to see a drive video and reaction of TFL with a all original Model T, I bet someone out there would let y'all use the car to do a video.

[andersrydberg]

These replicas are built in England!
We visited the Yourshire motor museum outside Leeds about ten years ago and were surpriced to run into the assembly area.
They were started building the replicas to the one hundred aniversery and had continued to build them since, the were working on number 125 by then....
All parts were sourced in Britain.... Even the tyres were manufactured in this location
The only parts that were not correct was as we were told, the piston they used a Ford Cortina piston and the spark plug thar was 😊a modern plug hidden inside a fake cover....
Amazing wood work from oak
Great job by the three men in the assembly.
Anders Rydberg Sweden.

[fnersch]

I had a 1985 Mercedes and thought that was old. One of these replicas was on display at San Simeon in California for many years.